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B. JUNGER.

cor. APPLICATION FILED NOV.IB,1915.

25,216, a Patented Nov. 21,1916.

' nnrrnn snares; PATENT oration BERNHARD JUNGER, OF NEW YORK, N.Y.,'ASSIGN 0R, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

U. S. 0. BED CO. INC., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Application filed November 18, 1915. Serial No. 62,103.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BERNHARD J UNGER, acitizen of Russia, and a resident of New York city, in the county andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCots, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a cot of novel construction, which may bereadily folded and opened up, and is firmly held in position whenopened. a

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a side view partly in sectionof a cot embodying my invention; Fig. 2 a plan; Fig. 3 a side View part1in section showin it folded; Fig. 4 a riglit hand end view; ig. 5 asection on line 5-5 Fig. 2 and Fig. 6 a section on line 6'6 Fig. 1.

The cot is furnished with a pair of side rails 1, made of angle iron,the horizontal web of each'rail being removed at each end thereof. Thehead rest 2 is also formed of angle iron, and is composed of an endpiece formed of angle iron, with one of'the webs removed at the top.' Bythe construction described,.each side" rail, the head rest, the

' foot rest, and each of the legs will thus be I provided at their endswith a single upright flange, which protrudes beyond the L shaped bodyof which it constitutes a component part. Of these flanges, those of theside rails are straight as at 5, while the flanges of a pair of spacedparallel cheeks or side plates pivoted to the side plates at one end ofthe -cot by pins 12,.while theflanges 7 of the foot the head'rest, footrest and legs are curved, as indicated respectively at, 6,7 and 8 Fig.1-. At the junction between each side rail 4a and the head rest, as wellas between each side rail and the foot rest, there is provided 9, thatstraddle the flanges 5, 6, 8 and 5, 7, ,8 respectively. These cheeks arerigidly connected to the. flanges 5 by bolts 10, while the legs arehingedly .connected thereto by pivots 11. The flanges 6 of the head restare rest are pivoted to the side plates at the of the foot rest will bedirectly supported upon the curved flanges 8 of the rear legs as shownin Fig. 1. The head rest should however, be sustalned in an inclinedposition for which purpose there are pivoted to it at 14, a pair of arms15, having lower curved ends provided with laterally extending noses 16.These arms are adapted to be projected through slots 17 of legs 4, andto abut against the lower members 18 of bipartite diagonal braces 18, 19pivoted to legs 4 and side rails 1 at both endsof the cot. These lowermembers 18 are pivoted to the upper members at 20, and have upper hooks21, that are adapted to grasp such upper members, so as to interlockwith the same and prevent the joints from breaking through.

As described, when thecot is opened up, "and the arms 15 are projectedwith their curved ends through the slots 17, they will strike the braces18, (Fig. 1) that will sustain the head rest in its inclined position,any accidental collapse of the head rest being prevented by the noses16, which must be sprung inwardly to .clear slots 17 before the headrest can be folded. By resting the head-rest and supporting arms 15against the toggle-braces 18, the said toggle-braces are locked or heldextended by the weight of the head rest, and when a person is recliningupon the cot the added weight on the head-rest will assist in keepingthe togglebraces locked.

The two front legs as well as the two rear legs are connected to eachother by crossing braces 22, which serve to increaseithe rigidity'of thestructure.

The bed bottom is formed ofa sheet of canvas 23, secured to thehorizontal webs of the side rails, head piece and foot piece by means ofsprings 24. The bottom 23 is held against sagging by a. pair. ofcrossing belts 25 extendin with hooks 26 that engage the side rails.

I claim:

1. A cot having a pair of side rails, a pair of pivoted front legs, apair of bipartite diagonal braces connecting the legs to the side rails,a pivoted head rest, and arms pivoted to the head rest and arranged toabut against the braces.

2. A cot having a pair of side rails, a pair of pivoted front legs,slots in said legs, a

pair of interlocking bipartitebraces con- I necting the legs to the siderails, a pivoted head rest, arms pivoted to the head rest, and noses onsaid arms, the arms being arranged to be proj ected through theleg-slots into engagement with the braces;

3. A cot having side-rails, pivoted front and rear legs, foldabletoggle-braces connecting the legs to the side-rails, a pivoted head- 715 rest, and brace-arms pivoted at one end to said BERNHARD JUNGERQ

